Re: XML Schema Question

[ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson)]

charlescook@ukonline.co.uk writes:

> I've unsucessfuly been trying to represent the 
> following element in XML Schema. I suspect its 
> not possible. Any suggestions? 
> 
> The element "value" can contain an element 
> called "string" which contains some text:
> 
> <value>
>   <string>some text</string>
> </value>
> 
> or "value" can simply contain some text:
> 
> <value>some text</value>

You can define a type for this element, but it won't be as tight as
you'd like:

 <xs:element name="value">
  <xs:complexType mixed="true">
   <xs:sequence>
    <xs:element name="string" type="xs:normalizedString" minOccurs="0"/>
   </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
 </xs:element>

ht
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